Blackburn boss Tony Mowbray made his first return to The Hawthorns since leaving the club for Celtic in 2009 when his Rovers side collected a point on Saturday.

Mowbray guided Albion to a Championship title and an FA Cup semi-final during his successful three-year spell.

He’s still revered by Baggies fans.

Yet he claimed to have used those same supporters, and their anxiety about Albion’s problems in possession, to Blackburn’s advantage.

“I understand after the defeats to Wigan and Derby, it was a fantastic time to play West Brom because they would have been delicate,” Mowbray said.

“You could feel it a little bit. The supporters were anxious with the goal kicks, are they playing out?

“We tried to feed off that really, that was always the plan and people will always try to feed off that anxiety.

“I watched their last four games, I saw Derby press really effective against them, they shot themselves in the foot against Derby, but you have to have men in advanced areas of the pitch to score goals like that.

“You try and create a game plan for the team, but they have to buy into it and be brave to play high up the pitch.